When I started learning how to play guitar, I was using a Stella, which is a Harmony brand guitar. These guitars are cheap and kind of crappy, but I gotta say, I love them like no other guitar!

I learned all the basics on a crappy Stella. This one went through shear hell. She'd been dropped at least a hundred-thousand times. She also went on long road trip with me, in the trunk.

Lately I've been hearing lots of trendy music. There's been an uproar of popularizing indie rock. Get that? Indie rock is now mainstream. They've even got their own music video station. MTVU I think, or something like that. Those that know me know very well that I don't watch that shit.

I've played in a good number of bands. I've written at least a few hundred songs. I've recorded several bands for income. I've spent thousands of hours recording music in my own small studio. I've played all the instruments and all the parts.

I'm not sure how many of you are out there, but your dreams of being a rockstar band are pretty much pointless.

I started playing guitar when I was about 10 years old. I didn't start actually writing songs and getting creative with it until I was about 13 or 14 years old. Teaming up with a good friend, I started writing songs, playing other instruments including bass, drums, and keys, among others.